What date should I decorate the Christmas tree at home?
Nowadays, the New Year cannot be imagined without a forest beauty, decorated with toys and garlands, which symbolizes this holiday. The moment a Christmas tree is installed in the house, a festive atmosphere immediately appears and the New Year's mood is felt in both children and adults. Everyone gets into a festive mood, and any person, be it an adult, a child or an elderly person, is looking forward to the fairytale magic. But in ancient times, people somehow managed without a Christmas tree in the house. When is it necessary to install a New Year's beauty in the house so that before the holiday it can bring joy and magic to both children and their parents.
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What date should you decorate your Christmas tree at home?
Everyone knows that the New Year celebration was moved to January 1 from September. This was done by Peter I. Thanks to the tsar’s decree, they began to install coniferous plants in houses and decorate them with New Year’s attributes, but not everyone did this. But during the reign of Tsar Nicholas I, this tradition has survived to this day and is popular in any family. Before the New Year, all families install a New Year's beauty at home and decorate it to their taste.
Different families place a Christmas tree at home at different times. There is no specific date when this should be done. But most Russian families do this a week before the holiday. Since the needles begin to fall off the spruce over time, it loses its elegant appearance.
Important! It is recommended to put up the Christmas tree shortly before the holiday, since it usually stands in the house for two weeks, until the onset of the old New Year.
Decorate the Christmas tree in early December
People choose for themselves what date it is more convenient for them to decorate the spruce. They proceed from their busyness and free time. Some people, when they want to give a New Year's atmosphere to their home, install the tree very early, even in November. Other people place the tree in early December. And there are reasons for this.
If it is customary for your family to celebrate Catalan Christmas, then it is recommended to place the tree in your home at the very beginning of December. Since this holiday precedes the New Year.
Attention! Catholic Christmas is celebrated on December 25, and for this holiday there should be a festive mood, which is exactly what the New Year tree, decorated with colorful lights and toys, brings.
But some families do not attach much importance to Catholic Christmas. Because it depends on the religion. And many in their families install a spruce tree at the beginning of December. And there's nothing wrong with that. A New Year's beauty placed in your home at such an early date will delight you for a long time, reminding you that the holiday is coming soon. And looking at her, you will be in a New Year's mood long before the New Year arrives.
Is it possible to decorate a Christmas tree in November?
All people differ from each other in temperament, character, as well as traditions that are passed on from generation to generation. Many people decide to install a New Year's tree in their homes, long before the New Year itself. For example, a large number of people place a tree as early as November.
There is a belief that you should not place a New Year tree in your house on November 22nd - it is a bad omen. But many go against this sign and install the tree on November 22, or even earlier. Whether or not to believe this belief is up to everyone.
The only thing is that when installing a Christmas tree in houses at such an early date, they will not be able to stand looking beautiful for a long time. The tree will turn yellow and the needles will fall off within a month. Of course, this does not apply to artificial trees, which can stand in the house for a long time and nothing will happen to them.
Therefore, if you are superstitious and believe any signs, then you should not place a New Year’s tree in November, so as not to spoil the anticipation of the holiday and the festive mood for yourself and those around you.
Reference! Postpone the installation of the tree to December, then no signs will be able to spoil your mood, and you will not lead yourself to think that the sign will affect you.
Signs about the date of decorating the Christmas tree
It is recommended to install and decorate a New Year's tree at home before December 24th. But if you are too busy and, alas, did not manage to meet this deadline, then it is better to decorate the New Year’s beauty on December 24th. Since there is a sign that if you decorate the New Year’s tree on this day, then the next year will go very well for you, and everything you wished for will come true and work out.
But there’s nothing to worry about if you didn’t have time to decorate your tree in New Year’s attire on December 24th. You can also decorate the Christmas tree on the 27th. Next year will be just as busy as the previous one. The sign does not mean that if you are late and do not have time to decorate the tree by December 24, then something will go wrong next year.
But if you are very superstitious and believe any signs, then you should not decorate your New Year’s beauty on November 22.Since this is a bad omen, indicating that in the New Year your wish will not come true and everything will not go the way you want and want.
Therefore, if you believe all the signs, the optimal time to decorate the Christmas tree is December 24th. You will be calm that nothing bad will happen next year, and you will not overwhelm yourself with bad thoughts.
When to install and decorate the New Year's beauty in the house is everyone's business. If you want the festive mood to appear as early as possible, then the spruce can be decorated early, regardless of any signs and traditions. A person decides for himself what he needs and what he wants.
On New Year's Eve, everyone should have a sparkling beauty in their house, which symbolizes the New Year. And it doesn’t matter when you installed it and decorated it with New Year’s toys and garlands. It is important that on New Year’s Eve, it will stand and delight you with its beauty, giving an atmosphere of celebration and magic. And no superstitions should spoil your festive mood.
In Russia, people are so busy that they can place a New Year's beauty on New Year's Day, that is, December 31st. And there is nothing wrong with that, the most important thing is that the New Year tree is in your home and delights the eyes of those around you with its beauty.
Therefore, you don’t have to worry that you decorated and installed the tree too early or too late. It is important that on the night from December 31 to January 1, the New Year tree will stand in New Year's attire and bring happiness and joy to everyone in the house.
And my children and I decorate the Christmas tree at the beginning of December, and in December we come up with additional decorations for the house, and the New Year is coming!
Interesting article, thanks.I decorate the tree just before the New Year so that the holiday feeling is preserved. After all, if the tree has been decorated since November, then by January 1 it has already become boring, familiar, and there is no trace of the “taste” of the holiday. An ordinary night and an ordinary day, at least for me it is. And I like to feel January 1st as a special day, and the night of January 1st as a special night. That's why I don't like to decorate the house in advance.